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hello. hopefully you will be able to help me. i live in Carbondale, IL.
i was evicted from my apartment yesterday. no in’s and out’s, no partys, nothin. the story is, i ran to the store to buy some groceries. i get a call from a friend of mine who was at the apartment waiting for me to get back. supposedly, my landlord was fixing a fridge across the hall and smelled marijuana, so he knocked on the door and supposedly, my friend opened the door. the landlord then (not being invited inside) took it upon himself to step inside and kick everyone out. he then confiscated paraphenelia and a small amount of marijuana. he called the police and the police officer was hesitant to take the stuff. i talked to the officer, and he thought the landlord entering my apartment was bulls**t. i didnt recieve any tickets, so therefore no record. only the pictures and video he probably recorded.
any ideas?

I have rented in several different apartments. I just recently signed our lease at our new place. I plan on moving in at the end of the month. I was told by the leasing manager that she would look over the lease and make sure nothing was missed. I could get a copy of the lease when we get the keys or stop by the office later. She also did not sign the papers at the same time we did. Should I be worried? I have always had a copy of the lease when we signed. A friend recommended this place. Any comments? Thanks.

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Also, do I have the right to request to see a copy of or proof of the credit report they pulled on me? I payed an application fee that was supposed to be used for the purpose of the credit check but am uncomfortable with them charging a fee in lieu of a credit check if they haven’t indeed done one! Thanks.

Is there anyway to get out of a lease if property is sold and no new lease has been given by new owner? New owner is making threats that we are going to start eviction due to weather, we are not able to catch up this month. also, was told that old owner still is responsilbe, But- old owner isn’t doing anything, he even put utilities in his name.

I stay Brinkley,AR and my landlord told me I got to pay him in cat if I dont If I dont pay rent exactly on time he try that with everyone and even had a baby with a hype. noone can touch him cuz he have lil money but can the law step on that

can i break a week old lease and will i get my deposit back..i have a roach invasion and the apt stinks bad

i’m concerned about my landlord, Can a landlord charge you rent on a month that you did not move into the apartment, A security deposit was given in September, but my family and i did not move in until November that was when i got the keys too the apartment. Am i liable to pay rent for the month of october.

My clothes were stolen out of the laundry room in the complex that I live in….Can my landlord be responsible?

My fiance and I moved into a duplex and shortly after we moved in(two weeks) the roof in our livingroom and bedroom started leaking. The landlord knew of the leak and did not disclose it when we signed the lease. He repaired the roof (so he says) after the leak by himself and now we are afraid that the roof is going to leak again. If it leaks again what can we do?

i need advise bad. I lived in an apt paid all my rent on time although i did have two months where there was a problem with my bank account however I did go to the office directly and pay again. I never had any cleaning charges when i moved out because I kept the apt clean and did such a good job when i moved out. I did fullfill my lease and had absolutely no problems with the complex. however now, 1 1/2 yrs after i moved out i received a call today telling me i am going to be going to court and my wages garnished for 3 months of rent they say i didnt pay. when i moved in i asked for receipts when paying rent, however they advised me they didnt give receipts. so the only proof i have is where i deducted the money for rent from my bank acct on the 1st of every month. If i was the type of person to not pay rent they would have evicted me…i dont know what my rights are and how to get all this solved since it was so long ago. i do not owe this money at all and the collections company keeps trying to get me to do a settlement…any advise??

I live in an apartment right now since august of 06, my name my roomates name and her dads names are all on the lease. Lately her and I have not gotten along and I’m to the point where i want to move out, how do I get my name off the lease or how should I rent out my room since I would still be responsible for the apartment since my name is still on the lease? Which would be the better way to go??? And can they ruin my credit that has been established since i moved out since I havent been establishing credit that long?

i have lived in the X apartments in sanger since november 17 2006. 2 weeks after i moved in i had plumbing problems and water heater broke. the manager refused to fix after 4 months i finally got fed up and called code enforcement to help, instead they favored owner and told me i have to move i am a single mother that went thru a separation.fresno unified school district help me with my deposit i have 7 children it was hard for me to find a place because of my credit i had a lot of credit cards i had everything consolidated and got screwed by the person that consolidated my bills she never payed my bills and i got behind 4 months on credit cards after my separation my husband would not pay his part so i had to let all that go because i lost my job after 15 years because of my husband threatening employees and myself so for the safety of my employees they had to fire me. i collected unemployment for 6 months and after i had to get on aid. i have always worked and took care of my family. i have been on aid for 7 months and i hate it because i have a hard time getting a job because i cant afford a babysitter and my teenage boys were out of control after separation. after all this im still standing strong and trying to do the best for my children. the owner of this apartment complex will not give me back my deposit because she is mad because of code enforcement bring involved she has other units available and can transfer me to another apartment but instead she said i have to leave and she has no other apartments. i think she is being unfair because in all the months i’ve been here i pay my rent on time and i still do. i think she is really unfair. i have to use a plunger everyday and i had to buy a vacumn to pick up water because my apartment got flooded i even had to throw my beds away and my new beds because everything got wet. i turned around and bought new beds and next thing you know i had mice and rats coming in through a hole left open in the closet the mice got in to my new beds i bought for my children and at night a rat jumped on my bed with my newborn baby and i sleep. i had to go to a friends house for the safety of my children. i had fans and airconditioning running day in and day out my p.g.e. bill was 250. a month i think she should help with that because i had to leave on due to everything getting wet.i cant even shower in my own home i had to pack all my stuff and have everything on chairs on table nothing can be on the floor. can someone tell me what can i do, i really need some kind of advice i dont have the money to just go. i can barely manage. with rent light laundry diapers and clothes for my children. please what can i do?

I had a fire in my apartment due to a grease fire while I was cooking. The two fire extinguishers provided, (1 on each floor), for 8 apts. were not charged. It spread on the cabinets above the stove and I called 911. Insurance company is now trying to sue me for over $23,000.00 and the apartment building isn’t worth that much. I think he pocketed a good chunk of that. I was notified 4 years later, 11 days before the court date. I now live several states away. I can’t get there, can’t afford the retainer fee to get a lawyer in time. I guess I’m just a simple guy and was unaware of renters insurance. Oh, I heard of it, but I thought it was to insure my stuff and I had a lot of worthless stuff. Well, not worthless, but nothing that was of significant value. I never thought of a fire. Yeah, I know,should have got the insurance. But what do I do now? I’ve already called legal aid and since I now live in another state no one will accept me for pro bono or low income assistance there ’cause I no longer reside there. And no program here are licenced for any other state except for this state.

What happens if landlord fails to give a new lease each. And the person gives a 30 days notice to move

This is in response to the April 7 comment. Will I receive an answer to this comment?

Recently my family and I moved into an apartment while we are having a house built (our home we were in sold). Our experience started with me stepping in a HUGE pile of dog Poop. Residents are allowed pets and according to the directory they are responsible for cleaning up after their pets but this is definitely not the case. The third day that we were there the neighbors, upstairs toilet overflowed into our apartment. The office told my sister that it was a bathtub that overflowed. I had stepped in the 1-2” of water to throw towels down and clean the mess and then later in the day when maintenance had not yet returned I poked a bubble in the wall to drain the water which looked like amber colored urine. So when maintenance got there I asked what the water was from and he said that the toilet had overflowed a few times. Is the apartment complex (for health reasons) not responsible to at least tell tenants if urine and feces have possibly flowed into their apartment. It was like one or two inches of water on everything including the kids toothbrushes (got splashed). Then I go to turn on the air condition which did not work and within 5 1/2 weeks of living here I have had to call maintenance to fix the heat/air 5 times. Currently it is not working again. One of the times they interfered with something electrical that made the lights flicker and they had to come back to fix that also. We tried to open the bedroom window only to find out that there was no screen. We were promised to have a specially ordered screen within a week. We still have NO SCREEN. But, we did get a wasp nest in the window from opening the window without a screen. We have had a roach problem since moving in which come to find out according to the bug man is from heavy infestation above and below us. The manager said they spray our building once a week but how can they kill our roaches if they are not coming into our apartment? I have to keep calling every week to have it sprayed. Then my sons room was infested with ants in one corner that were crawling all in the carpet. I had to call the bug man back for that. The worst is that there are rotten window sills. My son’s room is the worst and you can just feel all around and tell that it is rotten. Not to mention that it smells moldy. It says to report mold right away. Well my husband called Monday and the property manager was supposed to get back to him about the windows… They did not even say if they would fix them and now it is Thursday with no call back. Tomorrow we have to call them back to fix the heat/air. Meanwhile, mold is an allergy for me and it puts a tightness in my chest. I really am not the type of person to complain. We came here just to have a simple, pleasant time while we build a home. This is not only terribly stressful, bad for our health, but also we lose A LOT of privacy because we are constantly having to call people to come into our apartment to fix things. I am a stay at home mom so we have to deal with them coming in whenever they show up and then we have to hold naps. It is just a pain. Is there anything we can do?
Thanks.

Hello to U Hopefully U can help me get a better clarification of this matter.My girlfriend and I have been living together for two years.We just recently move into a 3 bedroom duplex 2mnths ago,(it is in her name)but now she wants me out by the end of the month.It was about 2000 dollars to move,we agreed to split the cost but she only had 200 towards moving cost,I paid the rest.She can legally have the locks change and have me removed w/o paying me my money and w/o a 30 day notice to evict.Also we shared the cost of living expenses for 2 years.

My landlord never gave me any type of lease to me apt. When I came through here I had asked if there had ever been a past history of any pestisides. He told me no. Then I found out later that he had sprayed for them 2 months prier and the people downstairs are finding live ones. He sent in an exsterminator and he was spose to come back to check on the place but never proceeded to do so. Also the landlord agreed to come in once a week to see how clean the apts are, he never did so. I clean everyday, take trash out, wash dishes, vaccume, never leave food out and they came back again. Is there anything I can do about my landlord?!!!!

I have never had a problem with any landlord from whom I have rented,but some of these offences by both tenants and landlords have me so nervous that I do not think I will rent again from anyone.Some of the things listed seem downright disgusting and legally wrong. Pest control in a climate that is damp and humid can be much more of a challenge than the tenants and landlords can imagine.The close proximity of apartment living can produce some of the problems without anyone being really aware that they are all part of “pest control”.I am a registered nurse and I bring the hospital home with me so to speak, but most people are not equipped to deal with germs and pests or being demanding of their rights.This may be too much to state but if the management can see that you are overly anxious for their apartment, you are screwed before you have begun:Its like going to buy a car:
the salesperson is watching you more than you think and your negotiation for a decent price is on the line. Depending on the state that one lives in there are different agencies and laws governing tenants rights and responsibilities. Most people do not take the time or trouble to know about these before they go looking for a place to rent

My daughter is having many problems at her apartment, thr latest being a sewage pipe that broke and ruiened some of her belongings. it has been 6 days and it is still not fixed. When she calls the apartment manager she never returns her calls. Today she had to take off from work to go see the apartment manager who was going to get in touch with the owner and call back but she hasn’t. Har apartment is unhealthy to live in and we are getting no help at all. What can we do.

I have had the same problem with a landlord coming into my unit whenever he jolly well pleased. I spoke witha legal council and I was advised that the landlord CANNOT enter the unit without prior written notice or the tenant’s permission it is against the law and is a form of breaking and entering

I work for an answering service and several of the companies I answer for are property mangement companies. I only have one thing I’d like to add to this article:

If youre property mangement company or apartment complex has an answering service, please keep in mind that they are a company separate from the complex or mangement company. Often times they are doing everything they can to reach someone, and if they don’t respond there really isn’t much else that the answering service can do. So remember that it does NO good to yell at them. It just frustrates you more and then the answering service is not likely to want to help you anymore.

I spent 9 months living in a 2 bdrm/2 bath at the XX. They units look nothing like the photos on the sites. The unit had bugs, mold, water damage. In 9 months there, my car was keyed, the washer broke, the stovetop broke, the oven broke, the heater in the main bedroom caught fire, the toilet broke, the laundry room door fell from pre-broken & not properly fixxed hinge and injured me. The neighbors above use their unit as a laundry matt all day and night. The walkway was damaged by salt when it snowed and never repaired after many requests. only 10 hours notice was given for the building water to be shut off for entire day, more than once. When it rained hard an amonia smell permiated the building making my family feel ill. In my opinion it is a slum and living there was a awful experience.

My wife & I are living in a 2 master bedroom apartment. THe first thing we notice was that one of the sliding doors of the closet is broken. We called the manager and she said that she’ll try to fix it. She sends the maintenance person but can’t fix it either because he says that the company who makes these kind of sliding doors don’t do them anymore. The place looks nice and clean, from the entrance all the way to the back. But when the complex was sold and bought by new owners & management was changed, everything went to ruins. Now if you enter from entrance it looks clean but when you go all the way to the back it looks dirty. Also, mice are starting to appear and the screen door is falling of the rails. We called the manager to report it and he says that it’s not his job to do those kind of things. The maintanance person is the one who suppose to fix it. The reason we call him because we don’t the phone number of the maintanance person.

I was going to say that I am relieved to see i’m not alone living in an apartment from hell but it actually made me more upset to here how many of us are being treated so bad. the apartment I live in with my mother was built on a landfill which is sinking in to the ground, my walls and ceilings have cracks in them, my shower is leaking from god knows where and going through the walls and the floor which is making my kitchen ceiling sag not to mention the water is running through the walls where my phone line is and through the ceiling where my kitchen light is, the electricity is from the 1960′s and needs to be redone in order to run the type of appliances that are being made now. all of my appliances run loud with humming and buzzing in the background they feel like and sound like they are getting to much electricity , not to mention that 3 televisions have sudenly stopped working properly or have just died 2 of them were brand new the ceiling that is falling down is falling on to my 220 wiring for my dryer which runs along the edge of the ceiling covered by metal piping which has water driping all over it , there is mold inside my kitchen cabinets from the pipes under the kitchen sink that is currently taped with 2 day priority tape and the windows are falling out not to mention my utility bills are sky high between the price increase and the fact that there are so many areas in my apartment that you can see the outside light through windows window sills around doors and lord knows where else. we are not able to store anything in the attic because the owners said that it isn’t sturdy enough. i have to go around the apartment atleast 2 times monthly to tighten screwws in all of my furniture and appliances because everytime a speeding or large vehicle hits the cracks in the road in front on my apartment the building shakes and things get loose,off balanced, unlevel or slide the owner sent letters to each tenant saying we were getting new windows and sidind made us remove things from walls and windows including blinds curtains and airconditioners only about 4 out of 49 apartments got new windows then the owner said they weren’t done right so she fired then workers in the meantime she never informed any of us that we werent getting windows or siding so eventually we put everything back up that was in november 2006 almost 7 months ago ther are even more things i haven’t mentioned because the more i type the more angry i become in closing i’ve been told nothing is wrong with my apartment, i complain too much and the best on of all july 1st the rent is being increased $50 a month and we cant afford to move i dont know if i need the homemakeover show, oprah winfrey or a shrink .well it was nice to get to complain to someone hope things work out for all of us bye

hi,
I have 30 years exp as an apartment manager. put you rent money in escrow or at least have it all in you account when you go to court..explani your situation to the judge…you will be ok just have the money and tel the judge that you are holding it for the repairs and you will be fine…If you dont have the money you will have a problem and risk eviction…

I rented an apartment from a property management and paid them first, last and a deposit when I moved in. The air conditioner in he apartment was working great when I moved in 1 year ago, but now has quit working.The property manager said that it needed to be replaced and can’t be repaired and that the owner is all tapped out right now and says he don’t have to supply me with a cooling system only heating. I live in Bakersfield, California and right now in June it is 100 – 110 degrees. I also live in a town house with 2 teenagers who tend to fight with each other and me when it gets hot. Is this owner wrong or am I.

i had an apartment with a friend two years ago.we moved out after 6 months. my roommate did not pay her remaining half off before she passed away.my question is am i responsible for the entire amount or just half?

should a landlord send a notice when they want to inspect your apartment?

Look at your lease. He should NOT be able to come in and out WITHOUT your consent. YOu have the right to keep him out. I’m in CA, but I’m sure the laws are similiar.

Um, I would hold rent until they fix the air conditioning problem. Why should you sacrafice your health AND money in 110 degrees? Check with the city or a pro bono or free counsel and they can tell you if you are allowed to LEGALLY withhold rent for that problem.

I have lived in my first apartment for 6 months now. SInce the day i moved in there has been no problems except for one major one and that is Roach!! I am starting to become mentally stressed out to come home..i dont even feel like eating at home any more. i dont know what to do. Ive been complaining for 6 motnhs and they have been sending their guy to spray the apartment but it hasnt helped at all.Not sure what to do.

need some advice, its my first time renting.

I signed a 1 year lease on a home, and paid a $1,000 deposit and a separate $500.00 pet deposit. It has been 9 months into my lease and my husband is leaving me. Can I get out of my lease since I can no longer afford the home by myself. My landlord told me that she would keep all my deposits and that she wanted me to pay for the month of September 2007 but be vacated from the property by Sept 1st…………HELP!!!!! Why should I pay for September if I won’t be in the home and I have given my landlord 45 days notice???????

is it possible to sue our landlord? we have lived in this 3 bedroom house for almost 2 years. landlord has found a reason to hurase us almost each month. always stupid stuff like her making us make an extra set of keys for no reason when ther are two sets here on across the street with in laws and 3 more floating between her. she has insurance adjusters pop in without notice and so on and so on. there is always something. we have had it. now she is selling the house and has not given us any idea if she wants us to stay until the house sells or when the lease is up. we are ready to go but feel like we’ve been had.

Please help, I just moved into an apartment complex two weeks ago. And I am having a problem with the tenants upstairs from me keeping up to much noise over my head. I tried to talk with them to keep the noise to a minimum especially during the evening. They walk back and fourth most of lthe night and use their balcony as a dog house which I dont get to use mines. It smells like dog do and there is dog hair all over my balcony. I spoke with management and I don’t think they did anything but write them a letter. They told me if they keep making noise to call the police. I don’t think this is a police matter.

I moved in an apartment 08/01/07 and when i left to go get my items out of storage some one came and sprayed for bugs. Know i got dead bugs everywhere and bugs are coming out from everywhere. I got waterbugs, roaches, spiders, centipedes and flying nats. Can i get out this lease if i only been there for seven days?

i’m a resident of a senior citizen/mobility challenged apartment building in downtown detroit…the location is very nice BUT the building has major flaws that need to be addressed immediately like: no air conditioning in the building AT ALL, entry doors that are so heavy to open that everyone has complained to mgmt about it, maintenance calls that are either dealt with in a less than timely fashion or ignored totally, we have no handicap access ramp in front of the building and mgmt is always putting some type of restriction on the tenants to otherwise squelch the living experience here…

i was after my landlord 2 fix the door casting around my main door for 7 months now.anyone can get in here ansd take all of my stuff.if they want 2.so here is my story.i moved in this place on jan 1 2007 .the things that had 2 be fix when i got here is not fix yet.i tol her about then so meny times .and she never did get around 2 doing it yet.and now 7 months later.i am still here with nothing fix or done.and when i told her that i was going 2 call the landlord and tenent act she told me that she was going 2 put her grandson here 2 live .and now as of a nights ago .i have bats liveing in my roof and they come out at 3g

my landlord won’t except my rent i’ve put up w/ her coming into my while i was sleeping she knows i work graveyard shift,i can have company over and she would walk in still she called the child protection me i passed now she’s taking me to court for non patment of rent i have the payment she won’t except it but the sheriff notice ststes “non payment of rent” will i get 30days to move atleasti’m fixen to sue her for defmation of charcterand invasion of privacy

My apartment has a lot of trees and shrubs surrounding the property; therefore along with that comes spiders. I find at least two in my house per day, Big Ones! I know spiders will always come nito the apartment, but is seems this is an unusual amount. Do I have the right to request that an exterminator come in and that it be covered by the rental agency?

Hello! Maybe You can help me. My daughter and i have lived in my one bedroom low income apartment in South Dakota for a year and a half i had told my landlord that i would like to transfer into a two bedroom and he told me i’d have to wait because there were none open at the time. He ended up moving someone else into the apartment i was looking at. Now that my daughter is out of her crib i really need a two bedroom. He had told me that new people had rights that weren’t on the list before the current renters I know in Nebraska it’s the other way around is it true what he’s saying? What are my rights and what can i do?

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The brother said he put plastic to cover the livingroom and kitchen combo and the bedroom but I know that will not happen. Just today he gets cable installed and had mine disconnected by the man who installed it and I pay for my own cable. I don’t trust because when his sister lived downstairs she had 3 men break into my apartment when I was not home to put in 3 out of 5 new windows and they trashed the bedroom where 2 windows went in with the old window frames all over the beds and glass all over the floor. In the bathroom where they put another window one man purposely dropped the old window and glass all over.

In August I have given a future landlord a security deposit on an apartment in Brooklyn, NY, I was giving a receipt for it. Before I wanted to move in the apartment there was things I wanted done first. All the time that I was talking to the guy there was never talk of a credit check and it was just 1 months rent and security. One day in August I had called him up and he started talking about he wants 2 months rent and now he wants to run a credit check. I told I want my money back and he said no. What am I to do?

Two months ago I was evicted from my home of 4 years, due to a domestic violence sitituation. My ex stole my check for the rent, therefore I was unable to pay my portion of the rent in the amount of 273.00. I am finding it very hard to find to get into a place, because of the eviction. What options do I have besides living in a dump, in a high crime neighborhood? I am open to any suggestions! I have 3 children and it’s not healthy for them to have to go threw this….. Thanks

Please HELP!Elederly, have lived in my apt. for *23YRS*
new owner,now it has been nearly 5 years since he purchased bldg. all of a sudden slides an envelope under my door stating He has started relocation fee $9040. process with the Housing Dept.
this guy is such a back stabber, liar, he told me he would never make me move out.
What should I do? If I say something it may jeopardize the money. Is this really going through the Housing Dept? Tried to email them and email was returned.I should fight and take him to court? Where will I live with the same amount of rent that I pay now? Anyone have the same experience?

We do not have a lease and are moving. Does my landlord have the right to show this apartment to future renters before we move out while we are still living here? I live in Pittsburgh, PA.

Recently I have had a change in income level ( work is slow I am a real estate Appraiser) So in searching the internet for cheaper rent I found my apartment complex advertising my model match apartment for $269 less than my rent. When I approach the management. They tell this rent is available through some type of bond from the city, All need to do is show the change income level and they will lower my rent. I provided them with what they asked for,a check for the lower rent, they cashed it. And because they dropped the ball and didnt get the bond approved are threating eviction.

Yes, three days and you better get your stuff out, or landlord can lock you out and sell your stuff to help pay whatever you owe. They do NOT have to put your stuff on the curb.

yes unsafe living conditoins
expert on apart laws

hey they cant do that, they do no have the right to come into your house. ever after an eviction notice, they have to give you 30 days to get out, and they cant try ANY thing to get you out faster.

how do you go about getting a lonadlord in troble for not treating others fairly?.. EXpectly when you know everything he lets them get away with Free rent Pg&e Twicks (Drug addicts) all he wants is his rent & wont fix up a Thing. HELP!!!!!

I live in Canada.
And I recently signed a lease given to me by the landlord.
The owner had not signed this lease when it was passed to me.I signed it first and it was to be sent to her to sign.With the lease signed by me, they excepted 12 post-dated cheques,100.00 cash tward the hydro, and passed me the keys.
As I am loading my truck to move.
The landlord changes her mind and decides not to rent it out!!.
Can they do this…just change thier minds or do they now have to follow the lease and give me proper notice??
Help,,,stranded in the cold!

I was taking my L.L. to court for some repairs not being made & for him entering my apt. the day before he said he was going to. They have to give you at least 24 hr. notice or else make every attempt, within reason, to contact you. If unable to contact you, they may enter w/out permission as long as valid reason to (showing apt., making repairs, etc.) but they must provide written detail when, why they were there, all persons who entered the unit, & they must leave form in an inconspicuous loc. for you. They are allowed to enter at any time for emerg., pipes breaking, fire, etc. You can sue for $100 ea. time.

My landlord is not fixing my oven or my outlet electricity. what should i do i called health department she still didn’t fix it. she has said she will but is a complete liar. If anyone sees a ad in the journal news for rent at 18 bender court in stony point the landlord does not keep good matenance on her house.

while i was out of town one of our maitnance men used our bathroom and didnt flush well we moved out and while in the process of getting the rest of our things out this has happend 2 more times(his master key fits our back door)we have told the landlord and owner and they wont do anything bout it except take us to court for dec and jan rent is there anything i can do

i live in an apartment with my husband and my 6 month old son. everyone in the complex has just been asked to fill out a reavaluation application to continue to live in the complex. In the application it asks us to give our bank account numbers, and even our son’s education account number. Savings bonds, loans,etc…is also some of the other things that we are supose to give them the numbers to and the amount of everything. this does not seem right, and i am a little afraid to give up this info. what should we do and should we be worried about any of this. there is alot of fraud out there.

it is against the law for the landlord to enter the primacies with out any written consent. no matter what. nor can a police officer search your apartment without a legal court order search warent .
next he has to take you to court to legal evict you. and that process take at least 90 days. the judge has to order you to leave. if he put you out of your apartment. you can file for a civil suit in small claims court to get your security deposit back and the cost for your to relocate.
remember , its your word against his. it was illegal for what he did.
you could have easy said, or lied he broke into to your apt.

I’ve signed a lease in December of 07 but i didn’t move into completely until the middle of January, and when i arrived my apartment was filthy. The carpet was old and dirty, my kitchen was not cleaned at all even though they said that they would clean everything… and then now i found out that i can’t afford to pay for it anymore. Now my question is, can i get out of my lease because i am a college student that can’t afford or stand the place anymore… is there anything i can do?

I MOVED TO WI IN NOV OF 07 FROM MN i saw this place on the web and, it said 3bdrms+DEN TO MY SURPRISE when i got here the place was not what i thought it would be, the carpet smelled,there were no screens,tile in place horrible the refrigerator is raggady the list goes on and to top it off,i moved from mn thats about 5 hours away, couldnt turn back, so i stayed and the 1st night here police were chasing people down the halls, the next night they were at my door saying my tv was too loud, they came about 8 times more for lil stuff my granbaby was burn 2nd degree by water here now im being evicted can someone help me!!!

I have a friend who is in a bad situation.

She lives in Iowa in an apartment with a girl off campus.

The girl gets a boyfriend and he practically lives there.

Well she didn’t like it at all and the other day he was smoking marijuana in the bedroom while my friends parents were in the living room.

She had it and told her roommate and boyfriend that the boyfriend had to go.

He stated that he called the leasing office and the guy told him that since he had been there over a month he had tenant rights and that under an skwakers act? all they could do was fine him.

Will have to cont.

I moved in 7/1 and the landlord has yet to split the utility meters. AFter trying to get her to fix the heat for 2 months, I paid it myself to fix it. We have had 2 cancellations for the electric due to the meter issue and now it’s getting ready to be turned off again. She has a huge bill that is for the whole house and basement and won’t separate it so I can put in my name. There is a sanitation violation on the front door for the dirty exterior of the house. I told my landlord I was deducting $350 x 2=$700 for 2 months without rent and time taken off of work to get the heat fixed/sickness, as well as $35 for a space heater and she can keep my deposit and I’m moving out April 1. She said I could talk with her attorney that I have no right to break the lease or deduct any money. Advise please.

sit in the bedroom with him& be happy

I’M LOOKING FOR A 2BEDROOM APARTMRNT FOR 850-1000

I live in a third floor apartment & have requested to move to a first floor. I have health issues that are aggravated living on the 3rd floor. I have Cardiac, B/P, and Asthma issues. To move to a 1st floor they want to charge a transfer fee or $150.00 for the transfer, $80.00 for a transfer to a larger, or smaller apartment & a new application and application fee for everyone in my apartment over 18 yrs. This is besides the increase in rent. The increase I can understand. Is the other charges legal?

My son and I have moved three times in three years because of an ex-boyfriend that stalks and harasses us. since we’ve lived in our new apartment we decided to keep any legal problems private. like instead of calling the cops for slashed tires or threatening phone cdalls or o its bvious he’s been in our place while we’re away we just got o police station or report it to the courts as we do have five year standing protection orders. how is it we are asked to move when we aren’t the bad guy and even though our landlord is aware, we have not had any problems yet none w lease options been offered we asked 3xlyrup?

Hi,

Recently my apartment was “pre-inspected” w/out my consent or prior knowing and i got a note on my door 2 days later that i needed to removed the “chains” off my doors because i am violating the lease agreement. I am a single female and live alone and do not feel safe without those on my doors.esp. at nite. do i have any legal rights to keep them on?? I have noticed that people come in and out of my apartment when they want to and without prior notice. I am extremely irritated and feel violated as a resident. I was told that if i do not remove them off the door, maint. will remove them & I will have to pay a fee!

This is an interesting article. I am a real estate agent in Paris, France and I have rented many apartments during the past fifteen years. I have always been convinced that the best protection against lawsuits is to build up a good relationship between the tenant and the owner. Those who are interested in discovering the Parisian real estate market will find a lot of information on my blog: http://www.khs.fr/BlogEN.cfm

I live in WA I have been in my apt. 7 yrs I had a 1 yr lease, then went month to month, the building was sold, and we all had to sign new leases it was sold again after I went back to month-to-month. and then we got a new onsite manager, who made us once again sign new leases. I had a 6 mo lease, and a 3 month lease, as my Dad was ill and I knew I might have to leave. then i signed a yr lease in Oct. as i couldn’t afford toe hgher rent on the shorter leases. Now My dad needs me, and i a moving back to Iowa, is ther any way I can get out of this lease? the land lord is a real witch!!!

I MOVED INTO AN APARTMENT IN JANUARY OF 2008 AND IT WAS COLD AT THAT TIME SO I NEVER BOTHERED TURNING ON THE A/C. NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE UPPER 90′S TO 100′S I TRIED USING THE A/C AND IT DOESNT WORK. I TOLD THE MANAGER ABOUT 4 TIMES ALREADY AND ITS GOING TO BE A MONTH SINCE I TOLD HER. I HAVE AN INFANT LIVING IN THE HOUSE AS WELL. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

i was rented the apartment back in jan for half the rent that was asked for because it was in poor condition the lease was altered the full amount is on there aqnd its under new management i gave them a l of repairs back in febuary nothing was done about it igave them another list the end of april and havent heard anything my apartment is a safty issue the ceiling is going to cave in anytime what can i do about this?

I rent an appartment in WA state. A significant amount of humidity introduced into this small bathroom space has caused the wood molding at the base of the wall to swell. The fan works, but to what extent it exhausts humid air I have no idea. Can it be assumed that the landlord has to repair this baseboard?
Thanks,
Dan

screw them! they can’t squeeze blood out a turnip. Get on public assistance food stamps or ssdi, by law they cant take that. be sure to transfer assets they can take to someone else, or throw your money overseas in a shell account.The only bad thing to come about this is a 10 year judgement. Claim Texas residency so they can’t garnish your wages. Use the UPS store for that.

I am in the process of moving into another apartment I have given a deposit and the prorated rent.But when I went by to look at the apartment the carpet isn’t clean and I ask the Manager what she intented to do about it she said that she call the person that cleans and his truck is not working. Mine you it’s been a week and I suppose to move in, in 3 days and she’s telling me that she don’t know if the carpet will be clean. Can you please tell me what to do? about this situation or who can I call.

my landlord says the bank foreclosed on the house and i have less than a month to move before the sherrif locks the doors. i know something is very wrong here but i dont have money for a lawyer and i dont know who else to call. help, please.

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Read your lease if it does not specify a fine, tell them “where in the lease does it say that?” it has to say the amount of the fine. If they insist let them fine you, when they do tell them you are breaking your lease because they breached their contract and If they sue or put it on your credit you will sue them for breach of contract. They do this because of all the yuppies out there who don’t know the law. Unless it is stated in your lease they cannot.

i have a question what do u do if a landlord wants to break the lease and gie u sec dept and its doubled and u dont have enough time to find a place and u are kinda being pushed out …what do i do…

Yea, I know how you feel. My landlord comes over almost DAILY, for whatever reason he can think up. If he’s not ringing my doorbell or calling me on the phone, he’s hanging off the roof(literally, no joke) in my backyard.

We are planning on moving into an apartment tomorrow. We did the walk through and the apartment was fine except for a few minor things. One of them was the awful smell of the apartment,smelled like cat urine. The person that took us through the apartment said that it was the cleaning solution. Plus the office manager said that they wouldn’t replace the carpet just deodorize it. It doesn’t smell as bad but the smell is still there. Any suggestions?

I moved into my apartment in february,2008 it is now Aug,2008 I still have not signed a lease. What do I do?
I have requested several times

Sounds like you have a crooked manager. He or she is pocketing the money and doesn’t want the owner to know about it. You need to find out who the owner is and tell them of your situation and suspicions.

my landlord is selling his house and I am a tentant, our agreement was if someone intresting come to buy the house I would have to let them see my apartment, (fine)
but it I’m not home does the landlord have the going inside your home without my permission?

KIM,
I SUGGEST YOU NOT BELIEVE ANYONE RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTION.EACH STATE HAS DIFFERENCE LAWS,YOU THEN NEED TO DO FOLLOW UP AND FIND THAT ANSWER YOURSELF

I have been charged a fee for repairs of a wall in the unit downstairs that was destroyed “allegedly” by my air conditioner. I purchased the A/C in at the end of June and the damages were reported mid august. The A/C that I purchased never cooled down my apartment so I always used the fan option. There is a huge gap in betweeen wall and the floor due to improper wall formating. When I saw the dagmage the contracter told me that I could not hire someone for a second estimate and that I was responsible for the damages because of the water leak. I fail to believe this because my wall isn’t damaged and neither is my floor

I sold my house for personal reasons the new owner rented to house back to me and my husband, I moved 2 days later, my husband stayed for 3 months but did not pay the rent, the new owner filed an eviction on me 2 months in a roll which people said they never heard of filing one month then going back and filing the next month,but anyway are there any apts out there that will rent to me with those evictions on my credit report even though they are for the same place? If there are will someone please let me know. I’m on a fixed income of $1500 month with no kids.

I am a paralegal intern I want to know about tenants rights tentant is on shelter plus care tenant is a elderly disabiled lady landlord wants to kick her out of house no fault of her own

What do i do? Maint. man at entered my apartment without 24 hour notice, then rented 2 “Adult movies” on my TV!! Is this legal?

I live in MN and the landlord or caretaker cannot enter your appartment without your permission. They have to let you know when they need to enter. Even if there is a repair.

I am writing because I live in a two bedroom apartment but the heat doesn’t work and I am wondering if there is anything I can do to make them fix it. I pay my late charges and they are always on time but if they don’t fix what needs to be fixed can i break my lease.

try to see if you are eligible for chore services first until the least is over and then consider moving with your daughter.

One of my guest slipped on the ice that was not cleared off the side walk early Dec. 2008 and had suffered severe pain from he sought out medical attention and was given pain killers and sent home. One month later the pain returns and he is in excruciating pain, unbearable he seeks medical treatment again this time from a Chiropractor and his family physician. He now has to have an MRI to find out the problem which could involve surgery. Can the owners of my Apt complex be held liable for not posting signs or not applying any ice melters in a timely fashion. They take days sometimes a week to clear our sidewalks here.

In my appartment there is one house in which students(Girls) lives. They disturb us the whole night. celebrates bday parties,etc. and all…
They shouts whole night, and if any one scolds them then they say sorry and again start shouting…
This all suffers my studies, I dont know where to complaint, Can anyone help?

hi i have no lease and my landlord lives right next door to me.Can he put boxes in my yard and leave them there,for the city to pick up.Well the city did not pick them up and he still left them there.He thinks since he owns the apartment that he can put anything in my yard. Does he have that to do that?To put them there?

no you need to look into your rental rights, it is not ok for your landlord to come in and check your apartment anytime he or she wants to. First they need to give at least 24 hrs notice before they enter into your apartment, no i think you might have a stalker nip it in the bud before he gets of of control

I have to move out temporarily from my apartment unit so that they can repair it due to smoke damage cause by a fire from an adjacent unit. I’ve been a tenant in that unit for more than 14 years and I’m currently renting it for $735 a month. But the Apartment management informed me that they will raise the rent to $1,000 a month when I move back in when the repairs are done. Do they have the right to RAISE THE RENT when I get back to my apartment unit? I didn’t get out of my free will but I have to since they’re going to fix it. What’s my right as a tenant in order for me to pay the same rent that I used to pay? Pls. help me

My boyfriend and I recently moved into our first townhouse. When we did the walkthrough the first time, the place was dirty. The landlord told us the people just moved out and they would clean, paint, and clean the carpets. A month later we signed the lease and noticed nothing was done. The carpet is dirty, the whole townhouse was dirty until we cleaned, a pipe is broken, our doorbell is broken, they didnt paint, our fence is falling down, wires in the basement were cut and now our ceiling is leaking. My landlord ignores our calls and nothing has been fixed. Can anyone tell me what we can do?

My daughter just moved into her first apartment. She is on the top floor and her air conditioning is not working. She has contacted the office manager for maintenance to look at it. After a few days and the service guy came the air is still not working. My daughter called the office manager again and she said that the air conditioning person they use would not return her phone call that when he came out and look at the unit he put blue die in the lines to check for leaks. I have never heard of that blue dye in the air lines. What are my daughters rights as a renter.

I moved into an apt. and was told when I leave I pay for the rug shampoo $80 Canadian and the drapes $60 and then when I did leave she also came up with a paper for me to sign for “cleaning”. I had already cleaned like was always expected in the past but I signed,annoyed,but I was hussling to get the next move done. Have to wait 2 wks for the return of whatever deposit is left over. Does all this sound normal. Never had to pay for all this before?!

I dropped my rent off in night drop box in timely manner. The next day I received a call from landlord saying they were robbed and if I had left rent in box. NOw it has been a 1 month debate that this is my problem and I must get my money order back before end of next month or I have to pay additional fees. I don’t feel like this is my problem since I was not robbed to begin with but have been working on reinbursement from westerrn union. Now Landlord leaves notes & messages on door every day! harrassment or what?

i have lived in this 3bedroom home in austin mn for almost 2yrs we have alwaysed paid rent on time,never had police here,never cause any problems,my boyfriend use to work for our landlord but quit due to not enough hours any way after that our landlord will not make repairs.we are a family of 6 when we moved in we where using 2 bedrooms upstairs but we have a serious bat and mice problem,the smell is so bad i was told you could smell it on my kids clothing.we stoped using the upstairs a year ago we asked the landlord to repaire the upstairs he flat out said no im made at you.what can we do?

I had a similar situation. The police said he could sue me for making him leave. The only thing they said i could do was get a restaining order and have him evicted. good luck.

Patty, I forgot to mention, that if they suspect a freon leak, they do put dye into the lines to find the location of the leak. If it is a small leak, it is especially hard to locate! It’s a liquid turned gas or some such thing. I get confused with the techy research I’ve done on this problem, lol. But my complex has not put dye into the lines at all during these 6 weeks. The maint. ppl. here said that half the lines at my place are within the walls and not visible. Unless they tear out the wallboard, I guess.

Is this a law? Our landlord just walked into our rental one day without knocking or anything. Also, they will give us maybe 30min notice that they are coming over to fix something. I can’t find where it says it’s a law because we’ve had enough and want out of this house. It’s taken them a month to fix a leaking pipe. They go MIA for a week and then just show up at our house to repair parts of it. I live in Texas and need to know where I can find this in the law.

if my rental lease is end of this month and i haven;t find the house yet. can we still live in the apartment until i find the house?? and how about owner want us to move on the day my lease end? and do owner have right to go in my apartment without my premission??

Yes. Who doesn’t file a police report when somebody kicks in your door?! Your story sounds a little fishy to me. They have every right to charge you for the door, considering you didn’t file a police report, that leaves it your problem.

Amazing, Just amazing.
You have been complicit in allowing illegal drug use in your residence.
Then you were stupid by leaving your residence in the hands of people who don’t care if the landlord comes into your residence.
AND THE LANDLORD IS SOMEHOW ERRANT???
You have risked his property being confiscated by the government.
You have devalued his property by creating an illegal and undesirable environment.
You have broken your agreement of quiet enjoyment.
GROW UP. If you want to smoke marijuana, buy your own house.
Risk your own property. Devalue your own neighborhood.

My sister lives in a large senior appartment complex in Fairfax County Virginia.Recently the complex was sold. Thw new owner are not cleaning the common areas,such as hallways,elevators,and lobbies. What can these elderly tenants do to get the owners to clean up the place.

I’ve lived in my apt for a yr now. I stopped paying rent in Oct but my mom paid half since..I haven’t seen my landlord for a whole yr.the landlord sold the house in April and now the new landlord came in the middle of may demanding payment with no legal paperwork that he ownse the property. I have child and an elderly that live with me. There was illegal wiring done for electric (prior landlord) what’s happens with my security deposit as well…CONNECTICUT

i rent a room from in a rooming house .. is it true in harrisburg,pa a landlord can put u out without an eviction or going to court.. i was never presented with a eviction notice by the land lord or the court system.. just was told to leave by the landlord for late payment of rent.. i was never presented with a lease when i first moved in an now he supposely have a lease now that still is not in my possession.. can he just take my money , not give me any time to find another place , and put me on the street.. sincerily bobby b.. neeed this problem solved asap.. thank u..

My landlord moved a smoker in under me after knowing when I moved in that my child and I have asthma and could not take smoking, the tenant knows that we get sick from it, but continues to smoke in the home and her guest up to 5 smoke together, my smoke alarms goes off!!!!! I put out more money to protect my home than my rent and the landlords says it is nothing that she can do. We are a disabled family as well, the tenant parks her grill beneath my window to bbq and we cough cough cough,
help!!!!!

I have a question. I have asked my landlord to have some one repair the celling in my bedroom closet for two weeks with two verbal request and one written. Two weeks go by and the black mold on the celling grows, finally they started the repair yesterday but just cut a big hole in my celling and left it, and still has yet to come back and fix it. Also my dishwasher went out three weeks ago and still nothing. What can I do?

I found a letter under my door yesterday evening (8/10/2011) singed by the property manager of my apt. building stating I need to pay $698.56 by 8/12/2011 for a bedbug treatment done to my apt. on 7/18/2011. I feel I was not responsible for this. The letter states if I don’t pay the amount in full by 8/12/2011 I will have to pay a $75.00 late fee, plus $250.00 for a warrant. The letter also stated that I agreed to pay $50.00 a month for this service. The property manager/office staff/leasing consultant and I never had this discussion regarding this. I live in an income base apt. I need help with knowing my rights

I have been living in my first apartment on my own for about a year now. I just found out that my apartment is illegal and Im not signed to a lease and My land lord refuses to fix major water damage in my apartment. Is there a way I can get my money back that I paid and security so I can look for a safe place to live with my 4 year old son? What are my rights at a tenant?

My daugther was going to rent a house and sign a paper thats says how much she paid and said year lease deposit and first month rent and change her mind a day after and now the owner doesn’t want to give her the money what can we do Can someone help me

hello my wife and I just moved out of our apartment after finding someone to take over ur lease, in order for us to get our deposit back the landlord told us that we would have to leave the place in imaculate condition which I did. I hired professionals to clean the carpet and paint and patch the walls, now the new tenant is complaining that they are roaches in the unit and the landlord is telling me that it is my respnsibility or else he wont return my deposit. is he right?

I live in an appartment building and some people complained i washed out a bucket in the laundry room sink. Is this illegal?

I have a lease for me and my 3 boys, on the lease it does say if anyone other than the people on the lease has to pay 50dollars.Well my boyfriend wants to move in and my landlord said he will think about it, how can that be if my lease says other? I can pay the extra 50 not a problem,i have known him for years this landlord but he is always in my business, he also said my boys cant have friends around.What are mt rights? What can i do?

im renting a room in a 5 bedroom house in southern california… i have read the rental agreement threw and threw and there is nothing about air conditioning. i want to add a window unit because of excessive heat. they want to charge me another 50 dollars! can they do that? and if not whats thee rules and regs. for the landlord. they refuse to run the air and its over 100 in the house???

I keep getting scammed by foreign students who come to my home and tell me that they want a room in my house for the school year, and then they hook up with some of their countrymen/women, and skip out on the lease. Can I take them to court for breaking the lease? A woman just did this, and didn’t even stay the full month. The lease was for the school year, and now it will be hard to get another student because the semester has already begun.

I live in Tennessee and lease a home. The homeowner has decided to sell and has listed the home with a realitor and wants to place a key box on the door, do I have to let them do this?

My family and I moved into a house four days ago,the agreement with landlord is no deposit, but now he is demanding a deposit, or we can leave he said.

question,can somebody help me with my problem,recently i was laid off from my job,but i went back in September so i was a little late on my rent do the landlord have the right to come snooping and asking around at your job to see if you still work there

Hi I moved into this 2bedroom 1 bath apartment this may and when we were moving in the apartment complex people were like we are still cleaning up but it will b ready in 2 days so get ready to move..and once we moved in i saw a few stains on the carpet in the living room red and green stains…so when i informed them they didnt change the carpet instead tried bleaching it.and then i had roaches problem in the building.and since may till now they have been sending pest control services to the apartment every other friday it definitely reduced but not totally gone. cn i ask them to change the carpet and how?

does an apartment complex have to give a notice before doing loud construction ? say on a vacant neighboring apartment ?

My boyfriend and I are probably going to sign a lease on an apt in Chicago (we’ve been approved). I don’t know how to go about asking management if we can get any updates (some closet doors are falling apart, the appliances are ancient–and I know other units in the building are updated–they say they painted and cleaned but it looks like they didn’t, etc). There is a diff apt “shower” than who is management. I at least am going to beg them to let us paint! What can I do?!

hi i really need help because this situation has never happened to me ever. i live in a duplex ( someone lives on the bottom floor, i live on the top) and we have a landlord and our heat is included in our rent and he controls our heat because we have radiators. well we just found out our landlord hasnt paid the gas bill in a long time and owes alot of money so we have no heat whatsoever and its around 30 degrees outside and our place is freezing. Am i able to put my rent money in escrow until he pays the gas bill and turns our heat back on? please email me with answers: shainaj300@hotmail.com, thank u!!

I moved into a property in which I found out later, the landlord did not inspect prior to renting. After moving in major repairs were found that needed to be done. I have been in the property less than two months and the A/C heating an air unit has not been fixed and the property in listed to included heating, air, water, gas and cable. He also stated the energy bill would be no more than $40 per month. He as not repaired the unit. He put in window A/C units and now it’s cold and I had to purchase heaters for heat. Am I allowed to deduct a certain amount from my rent until he repairs the unit for the difference in the heating bill from what he communicated? Can I withhold rental payment?

Alright, so i moved into an apartment bound by a 12 month lease. I rented one of four bedrooms. I only had to pay Rent and Electric. The apartments are called St. Joe Place, located in Fort Wayne, IN.

I moved out but still am bound to paying the rent until i find someone to take over my lease. My question is, Do i have to pay the electric???? The other three people living in the apartment all split the electric as well as i did when i was living there. But, if i am not living there and not using any electricity at all… Then why should i have to pay 1/4 of the bill?

so i have mold growing from my toilet tank to the wall behind it its so bad the paint is gone and the mold is spreading i live in a low income apartment. there is also a moldy drain smelling up my house me and my son have both been very sick i have had pnuemonia for weeks and was in the hospital for a very bad rash i even had to get an eppi shot. ive told my landlord theyve claimed to have fixed the drain but havent, and the toilet i know theyll just try to cover the mess and not fix it thats how this place works. what are my options

I live in an apartment complex and the only person in the management office has created an issue and I dont know who to talk to who is above her who can help me. what do i do?

they will fix the bathroom i ll not have it , for around one week, so will be impossible to live here. he told me he can not give me other appartement for that week, so what i am supose to do ? please

Can anyone answer this please! I am no longer under lease with my landlord, a few weeks ago I gave my 30 day notice to move out. After looking at several options, we (my wife and I) decided that we don’t want to leave this place afterall, are there any penalties for wanting to re-rent this same place? get into a new lease of course.. are there penalties?

what can i do since my landlord is not wanting to repair our apartment it has raggedy old carpet that snares up when im vacuuming and it constantly has bugs in it even though i have cleaned the place from top to bottom. The maitance guy doesnt do ***** and picks fights with me & my bf and the landlord doesnt seem bothered by that plus we never met the owner & we had to be forced into another apartment cause a tenant downstairs from our original apartment made up a sob story to try to get us kicked out cause she was blaring her music constantly and taking a broomstick and banging it on the ceiling.

I have a relative who moved into an apt in the summer. Two months later their crazy landlord went nuts when much of their stuff was not unpacked – because of the heating vents and the insurance man supposedly coming for an inspection. He said he would give them 2 weeks to move stuff from the vents – and until December to get everything organized. This same landlord changed his tune a few days or so later when he said he wanted them OUT by the end of December. This same jerk had changed the 6 month lease to a 4 month lease – without the tenant fully being aware of him doing this. What can my relative do legally?

I’m wondering if there is anything you can do about an apartment that sends you a notice about an unauthorized animal in your apartment but can t explain why it was a valid claim. There was no notice about anyone entering in the apartment. Granted I did have an animal in the apartment and was not disclosed in the lease however the language of the letter pretty much states it as fact. I did violate a lease but at the same time, I believe that someone entered my apartment for mainteance I was unaware of. And if the leasing office can’t explain the reason for the claim, do I have any valid claim against them?

im living in a apartment in mn and i mold in my bathroom i have no lock on my balcony when my neighbor up above me takes a bath the water gos through my ceiling right in my bathtub. i told my landlord mainence like 2 times and did nothing about it what should i do

Hi I live in KY and rented an apartment that had a trash compactor in it. It was broken but the landlord promised to fix it (which i have in writing). She has since found out it can’t be fixed and needs replaced but is refusing to replace it. Can she do that even though I rented the apartment with the promise of a trash compactor? We have a month to month lease.

he landlord said it could be up to another month before its completely fixed! The kids freeze at night. They have to replace the whole heating system. I asked her what we can do to stay warm she said to by extra blankets and electric heaters. Well um who can afford that?

I’m not on housing but the housing authortie owns our building. I mean is this legal? I asked her for some of my rent taken off so I can buy heaters she said they don’t do compensation. Do you have any ideads as to what I can if anything be done!?

i live in CA and i just moved out of my apartment. i took pictures when i moved in. there was patches of paint all over the wall and hair stuck on them too. my deposit was 850 and he is trying to charge more than half of my deposit for paint when he did the patches of paint on the wall not me. i had to shampoo the carpets 4 times just to get them clean and non sticky because they were filthy dirty when i moved in and he wants to charge me 100 to have them clean. 2 months after i moved in the toilet started messn up n he told me he would charge me for the plumber to come out and to get an auger even if i didnt do it, a leak & mold

I have a landlord that doesnt speak with me when it comes to decisions being made in out outside the house because she likes to talk to my husband who just says yes to everything and doesnt say what will be going on. The landlord has now cut our backyard in half with no written agreement. Do I have a right to request a shortening of rent for the property being altered especially if it wasnt to meet any federal codes.

I owe my landlord 2 mths rent. this is due to not being able to work because im temporarily disabled. i spoke to him to letting him know if i can pay him on a letter date until i get my disability check. even though my check is very small. my boyfriend helps me but things are a little sow at work. after agreeing with the landlord he calls me and tells me i never showed up at court! but he never gave me a court order and now tells me i have 5 days to move out! what can i do?

My sister and I were staying with our dad in his section 8 apt since 2006 and we never met the landlord or the owner of our 2 family dwelling since we lived there. My dad just moved out and we’re here with our children. We are. Just finding out that no one owns the property anymore and we are squatting. Can we become the building owners since we been caring for the property for years?

My apartment wall and ceiling have long cracks due to the foundation. the management said sorry nothing we can do about the foundation. what can i do and can i terminate my lease

What are the steps i should take if o live in an apartment and the air conditioner has broke 8 times they come fix it but it brakes down again ok this is the 9th time i called them saturday to come fix it the maintance guy came but it broke down again on sunday so i called monday morning it had rained sunday so they didnt come!! Its wednesday now and still nothing i have two babies 1 and 2 yrs old it gets too hot in the morning and super cold at night time should i write them a note and not pay my rent till they come to fix the problem??? I am payin almost 600 bucks for rent so im super mad!!!

The apartment I live in was recently purchased in a forclosure auction. The new owner has offered a relocation program. She assumes that I’m not still at the location because the majority of my belongins are now gone. She has told me that she wants me out within 10-15 and would offer relocation assitance. She stated that she is going to chnage the locks if I’m unavailable to give her access on Monday. Can she do that?

Me and my husband just moved to two bedroom apt with two kids and my husband and me got into a argument and we were affront of our apt door and someone called the cops and the cops have gave the report to the management office and we recieved a eviction notice and move out in ten days I don’t know what to do and how is that possible . Please let me know soon .

My lease ended on Dec. 31, 2011 and my husband went to renew the lease around Nov. 28, 2011. It was only then that we were verbally told by the realty office that the owners decided to sell the house. We never go anything in writing til this day and we were force to look for another place with short notice not to mention this was around the holidays. Are we entitled to some type of compensation?

does the landlord need to provide a stove by law in Califonia if im renting an apartment with a kitchen?

My roomate left me with my apartment I can’t afford it, the neighbors are hard to live with and I asked to move into a smaller apartment but the lanlord has been hiding from me and tells me that there aren’t any smaller apartments available. She threatens me that if I leave she will sue me and make sure that money from my check gets taken off. Any help ?

how old would you have to be to rent a home or an apartment?

Our shower in our bathroom is not working so we have been having to go all the way to the gym to take a shower. Although the maintainance guy was over last week to attempt to repair it, he did not fix the problem. Now water is leaking from the ceiling of the bathroom located directly underneath the bathroom with the shower. My question is…since it may take ANOTHER week to repair the bathroom with the shower, would it be resonable to ask the company we rent from if they would not charge us for rent this month? Thanks.

my gf and i live in arizona we had moved in together back in 09.Our first place at first wasnt that bad a few months into living there it was raining and where kept hearing water drops but couldnt not find out where they werecoming from till we turned everything off and sat to listen we found out it was coming from our ceiling so we had put a pot out so i would not ruin our carpet and creat mold the next day i went to the landlord and she had said they would fix it right way come to find out all they did was put cocking on the roof so we were left with a whole in our ceiling shortly after our dishwash went out then

I rented a house Sept 1st and the landlord ripped my kitchen apart and its still not back together. The walls have no sheet rock and neither does the ceiling. All the light fixers are hanging down in the whole house. What can i do. I pay 650 a mth and shr wants to raise it in March to 700

Moved in to a friends apartment in California for almost 6 months. He was living with his girlfriend at the time and was never there. After I moved out I would occasionally stop by for a few minutes, maybe 3 or 4 times with my dog, whenever I was in the area. He has since moved out and they are trying to charge him $150.00 for me being there and me stopping by with my dog. The dog did not live there when I was there and never stayed over when I would stop by. Is this right?

I have a problem, my landlord is charging me every 3 months for water and trash. They told me when i move out, i need to pay them $525.00 for every month that the apartment is vacant until rented after my lease expires is that legal. I waited 2 months for a stove to cook food. There are no Light in the bedrooms or living room and they require you to keep your thermostat on 70 degrees from September to May is that legal.

My brother recently had an accident by accidentally crashing his car in the garage wall,he made like 2 twenty inches holes on the wall. So now the landlord is saying that we have to give her 500 dollars to fix it. My mom is trying to get someone else to do the job because she thinks 500 dollars is a lot to fix the wholes. The landlord lady is saying that no one else can do it ,only the person she hiers. Is the landlord right? My mom can’t get no one else ?

i moved into my apartment in dec. 2011 and since then i have not takin a hot shower cause the water heater is not big enough and they keep giving me the run around what are my rights / can anyone help me thanks

DO I HAVE ANY RIGHTS TO THE APT. THAT I HAVE BEEN LIVING ALMOST 14 YEARS, FORMERLY OWNED BY 3 PEOPLE INCLUDING MY MOTHER, MY BROTHER & SISTER IN LAW? MY BROTHER TOOK MY MOTHER OFF THE TITLE, HE OWNS HIS TOWNHOUSE, AND I DO NOT OWN ANY PROPERTY, NOR HAVE ANY MONEY. I AM DISABLED AND RECEIVE SS DISABILITY BENEFITS.

I live in a Senior Apartment complex in Calif. 2009 I submitted a doctors letter I could not be near Secondhand
smoke because of Health Conditions, The Manager ignored my letter and has put smokers around me up stairs an next to me up stairs now have nodguls on my lungs and can’t breath around secondhand smoke. And told the Manager I am giving her another Doctors letter a few days ago She promised she would try not to put a smoker above me the Apartment was vacent. They rented to another smoker above me what are my rights as a tenent as to this matter, My doctors letter states I can’t breath
around secondhand smoke

i have mold in my apartment and in my lungs and the landlord says there is no monld in the apt so what do i do

I moved into this older house and the first week I was here I slipped on the bottom step because it isn’t level and had problems with my back for over a month and had to go to a chiropractor and she still hasn’t fixed them, can I get out of my lease for that? Everytime it rains it gets slippery.

and safety, plumbing problems severe infestions. As the tenents move out the apartments are gutted very quickly. Since I live there I been sick several times and have the paperwork to prove it. We have up to March 5, 2013 to relocate. Help, Help I need advice or do I have a case. Please contact me ASAP my time is limited!

I moved into my appartment years ago,and payed a pet deposit,then 2 months later my dog passed away. There was not any dammage at all. I asked if I could have it back to use to put her to rest. I knew that was a long shot,they said they could not do that. Then after renewing our lease there was not a deposit on file. Years later now we are ready for another dog. My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetis,and think it would bring up her spirits to have a puppy to help take care of. What can I do to get them to find their mistake? Not only do they charge more now for the deposit,they also charge monthly rent for pet

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I recently rented an apartment in the City of St. Louis. I have only been in the apartment for under a month, but I am noticing several problems with building security and maintenance. Upon move-in, I reported the obvious problems to management (lights out in the apartment, window painted shut etc). Most of the those things were resolved within a day or two. However, practically, everyday I have come home, the main door to my building is unlocked, and the service door (used for move in/out) is held open with a rock. I was required to purchase an electronic key FOB for $100 to unlock the doors. Visitors and people off the street are entering the building undeterred. Some unexpected visitors have been able to walk right in and knock on my apartment door. Building security was my primary concern prior to signing the lease. So far the doors are inconsistently locked, and the service door remains open.

After two weeks in the apartment, the tub would not drain (it took a week to fix). Around the same time a pipe burst in the basement and flooded the elevator shaft. Water was dripping from the ceiling of the elevator for 3-4 days,, but the elevator kept running. Now the heating/cooling unit in the bedrooms of the apartment does not work and there is no hot water in the building. I have submitted a formal complaint regarding the poor building maintenance and the security issues. If this continues, is there a way to break the lease?